Brandeis Communications and Community Living announced a room decorating competition for community members, according to the university’s social media webpage. The competition has monetary prizes for the selected winners.
Students are invited to share pictures and/or videos of their decorated dorm room to win the competition. There will be one winner picked from each quad in addition to one “Grand Prize ‘cool room’ winner,” according to the page. Quad winners will receive a $50 gift card per room and the “Grand Prize ‘cool room’ winner” will receive a $100 gift card and a feature piece on BrandeisNow.
Community Advisors (CAs) are not allowed to enter in the competition, though the CA of each quad winner selected will receive a separate prize from the Department of Community Living (DCL), according to the page.
Students can submit their entries to social-media@brandeis.edu between Oct. 12 and Oct. 19. In the entry students should include the room occupant name(s), their quad of residence, their building and room number and multiple photos of the room or videos. In addition to these requirements, students must also write: “By submitting an entry, I am agreeing to allow these photos/videos to be used for promotional publications, room selection, the DCL/ Brandeis website, DCL/Brandeis social media accounts and their projects.”
When applying for the competition, students should be aware that photos shared by the finalists for the “Grand Prize ‘cool room’” will be featured on the university’s Instagram. The university’s Instagram viewers will be the ones to vote on the winner for the “cool room.”
In the entries, students should include multiple photos of their room, preferably with the featured photos taken during the day when the room is well lit. According to the entry details, students should not include prohibited items in their photos. Items that are prohibited by DCL include but are not limited to: alcohol, cannabis, spcae heaters, candles and pets. A full list of prohibited items can be found on DCL’s webpage. Students are invited to feature fellow students and peers in their photos highlighting them hanging out in the room.
For students living in double or triple spaces, they will enter the contest as one entry, according to the page. Each roommate will receive an individual prize if they are selected as a winner.
By entering the competition, students should understand that their photos may be used for promotional publications on the university’s website and various social media accounts.
